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"Evolutionary Antecedents of Obesity"

2 July, 2008 - 22:33 — chadmiller
Presenter: 
Lieberman, Leslie Sue
When: 
Wednesday, 6 August 2008 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Where: 
Stardust Video and Coffee
1842 E Winter Park Rd.
Orlando, United States
32803

Evolutionary medicine provides insights into why we are experiencing a global pandemic of obesity, and what we might do about it.

The presenter, Leslie Sue Lieberman, Ph.D., is a Professor of Anthropology and the founding Director of the Women’s Research Center at the University of Central Florida. She is a biomedical anthropologist with research specializations in type-2 diabetes, nutrition, and obesity. She has co-authored or edited 11 books, and published over 70 journal articles and book chapters. Her research has been supported by NIH, NSF, HRSA, NIMH, and others.

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Notes from event

Attendance: 38

References in talk:

M&Ms, nutritional value and color histories

Barker JL, Olsen LW, Sorensen, TIA. 2007 Childhood body-mass index and risk of coronary heart disease in adulthood. New Eng J Med 357:2329-37.

Bray G, Neilsen S, Popkin B. 2004 Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity. Am J Clin Nutri 79:537-43

Brownell KD, Horgan KB 2003. Food fight: the inside story of the food industry, America’s obesity crisis and what we can do about it. New York: McGraw Hill/Contemporary Books.

Leonard WR, Robertson ML. 1992. Nutritional requirements and human evolution: a bioenergetics model. Am J Hum Bio 4:179-95.

Lieberman, LS. 2008 Diabesity and Darwinian Medicine. In: Trevathan, W., Smith, EO., and McKenna, JJ. New Perspectives in Evolutionary Medicine. New York: Oxford University; 516-558.

Rozin P, 2005 The meaning of food in our lives: a cross-cultural perspective on eating and well-being. J Nutr Edu Behav 37: S107-S12.

Wansink B. Environmental factors that increase the food intake and consumption volume of unknowing consumers. Ann Rev Nutr 2004; 24: 455-79.

Young LR, Nestle M 2002 The contribution of expanding portion sizes to the US obesity epidemic. Am J Pub Heal 92: 246-49 .

Future Café Scientifique Events

Our next event is…

"The Neandertal Enigma: Our origins and closest evolutionary relatives"

7 November, 2008 - 17:13 — chadmiller
Presenter: 
Cowgill, Libby
When: 
Wednesday, 3 December 2008 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Where: 
Stardust Video and Coffee
1842 E Winter Park Rd.
Orlando, United States
32803

Neandertals have long fascinated both scientists and the general public. Due to their close evolutionary relationship to modern humans, they captivate our imagination because they are us, but not us, and therefore have stood as a guidepost for defining ourselves. Changing perspectives on Neandertal biology and behavior are partial reflections of both advances in scientific research and of our own preconceptions about humanity, our identity, and our place in the world. This talk will introduce both current anthropological evidence for Neandertal lifeways and paleobiology, but also evaluate how the cultural and social lens through which the scientific community views the fossil record filters and shapes scientific knowledge.

Dr. Cowgill is an assistant professor of anthropology specializing in biological anthropology. Her primary research focus includes late Pleistocene human evolution, human growth and development, human variation, and functional morphology. In particular, she is interested in understanding how childhood activity patterns affect the developing skeleton during growth, and how these forces shape the adult skeleton. She received her B.A. in anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley in 2001 and a M.A. and Ph.D. in anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis in 2001 and 2008. Dr. Cowgill has done extensive field research in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the United States.

Past Café Scientifique Events
"Phoenix on the Red Planet" 2 Jul 2008 19:00 - 20:30
"Evolutionary Antecedents of Obesity" 6 Aug 2008 19:00 - 20:30
"On Water Pollution" 3 Sep 2008 19:00 - 20:30
"The War on Weeds" 1 Oct 2008 19:00 - 20:30
"Tidal Modeling in the 21st Century" 5 Nov 2008 19:00 - 20:30

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